New turn draws steep criticism
The new chicance at Road Atlanta's Turn Three has drawn criticism from some riders.
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TA new chicane at Road Atlanta's Turn Three has been heavily criticised by riders in the AMA Superbike series after a series of crashes.
The chicane was, ironically, inserted to increase run-off for the motorcycle riders, moving them further away from a concrete wall.
However, two series crashed showed that the corner changes had had the unexpected consequence of bringing a wall at the entry to the Esses into play.
First Steve Rapp’s Suzuki hit the inside, and unpadded, wall at the base of the esses during Superbike qualifying, and then Woody Deatherage crashed into the same, still unpadded, wall during the second Superbike race.
Rapp saw the impact coming and bailed out early, avoiding personal contact with the wall. The unfortunate Deatherage followed his bike into the wall and broke his back.
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